Without any competition from the Olympics (baseball was voted out as an Olympic sanctioned sport by the International Olympic Committee in 2005), the World Baseball Classic (WBC) is undoubtedly the premier international baseball tournament.

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The conference aimed to translate into action the principles of the International Charter of Physical Education and Sport, the Olympic Charter and other international instruments.

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

Whether this happens varies by sport, says International Olympic Committee spokeswoman Sandrine Tonge.

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India's wrestlers have expressed shock at the recommendation of International Olympic Committee (IOC) that the sport be dropped from the 2020 Games.

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It might also be just the kind of buzz that wrestling could use after the sport was voted out of the Olympics by the International Olympic Committee.

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Baron Pierre De Coubertin of France founded the International Olympic Committee in 1894 with the lofty ambition of reducing military conflict through sport.

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We look forward to telling the story about wrestling to the International Committee leadership and the entire world about our great sport and why it should be part of the Olympic movement forever.

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